Kinder Visit and Last Day of Preschool!

E is really excited to go to kindergarten next year!  We went to visit his class a few weeks ago and didn't want to leave!

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Yesterday was also E's last day of preschool! Poor guy ended up vomiting in the parking lot after he was picked up though.

When I came home from work, he told me all about his day and he was quite excited that he was able to keep his green name tag (the one that is used to tell him where he will be sitting for snack each day)!

His teachers sent home his portfolio at the beginning of the week.  It was full of cutting practice, pictures, a writing journal, progress report, and many other items that showed how he'd grown over the course of the year.  It was so great to see.  Below are two of my favorite pieces:

 The wonderful Mrs. Hatton (whom he had for the second year)...

and the AMAZING Mrs. Zellers!

E was so lucky to have these two women as his teachers.  They loved all the kids in the class and always had such wonderful things to say about him (which sometimes surprised us in a good way). I am so thankful that they were there for him and that I knew he was taken care of and loved everyday while in their hands.

We went out and celebrated at Zoyo that evening, too.  It sure did make him feel a little better!

Easter

So I'm a little behind in posting about our Easter this year.  (Surprise, surprise.)

We had a pretty relaxing Easter.  Saturday was spent dying eggs.

 

Paul really wanted a bunny cake this year, so we made him one.

They searched high...

 and low for their baskets on Easter morning.

 We had a little egg hunt in our backyard after mass with my family.

Couldn't have been better!

No Words, Just Pictures

Sticker Fun

Grayson was having some sticker fun today. He decided to put the baby penguin on the mother while saying "Mommy milk".

Mommy milk ending soon?

Me: "Grayson, when will you stop having Mommy milk?"

G: "When I big boy."

Me: "Hold old will you be when you're a 'big boy'?"

G: "Um...twenty."

Oh brother!

Can't get enough!

Seriously. E is blowing my mind. 

While reading Froggy Bakes a Cake: 

"How come sometimes it [and] starts with a capital and sometimes with a lowercase?"

"How about I read 'and' every time we get to it?"

Ok, little guy. 

Learning Curve

I'm amazed every day that E comes home from school with what he brings in his bag. Each day there are art projects, crafts, poems, letter practice, number practice, or some other cool thing that he has done. 

Not only does he being things home, but he has wants all of us to share how our our days went with each other at the dinner table. E loves to share what he's learned or what projects their working on. Currently there are chicks waiting to hatch in the playroom, chrysalis in their classroom, they are growing seeds in I've cream cones (which apparently aren't growing too well due to lack of soil, water or light!), and a fish. They're working on learning about clouds and rainbows as well as learning about Easter.

He has been so much more into writing and reading this half of the school year, and sharing what happens each day. It's pretty amazing to see the growth he has made. I am forever endebtted to is teachers.